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$200M-plus bids opened for GPHC supplies

Nov 09, 2011 News

 

Bids for seven contracts by the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC), and valued more than $200M for critical supplies and services, were opened yesterday at the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board, Ministry of Finance.
The contracts included procurement of laboratory supplies, stationery, drinking water, pampers and dietary and cleaning supplies.
Four businesses submitted bids for the supply of laboratory items. The bids opened were:

Bidder

Amount
Western Scientific Company Limited                             US$129,676.83
New GPC Inc                           $129,467,257
R.P. Medical  Imports                               $9,052,000
International Pharmaceutical Agency                             $50,955,766

A total of seven companies submitted bids to supply GPHC with cleaning supplies:

Bidder

Amount
Giftland Office Max                             $15,404,800
F.Z. General Store                             $28,626,000
Ishmael Mohamed                             $24,135,000
Orkan Construction                             $14,815,678
New GPC Inc                             $15,456,537.47
Mines Services Guyana Limited                               $4,419,120
R.P. Medical Imports                             $19,869,500

For the supply of adults and baby diapers, four businesses submitted proposals:

Bidder

Amount
Ishmael Mohamed                              $4,875,000
R.P. Medical Imports                              $6,640,000
International  Pharmaceutical Agency                              $5,144,000
Orkan Construction                              $5,149,500

Only one bid came in from the International Pharmaceutical Agency (IPA) for the supply of purified drinking water and this was to the tune of $3,410,400.

For the supply of dietary supplies, two bids were submitted:

Bidder

Amount
L. Persaud General Store Dry Rations       $53,121,160Fresh Rations    $41,907,222
Guynaz Green Grocery Dry Rations       $42,293,620Fresh Rations    $31,330,990

Regarding stationery, six bids were submitted with the highest bid almost double the value of the next one:

Bidder

Amount
Ishmael Mohamed                           $24,000,125
Giftland Office Max                           $11,138,420
Metro Office Supplies                           $10,895,926
R.P. Medical Imports                             $6,553,560
Andrew Enterprise                           $11,781,020
Robin Sorabdial and Company                           $10,356,883

For the supply of print and non-print materials, a total of four bids were submitted:

Bidder

Amount
Print Rite                             $3,151,952
Metro Office Supplies                             $1,975,341
R.P. Medical Imports                             $1,759,850
Pertab Singh Makan                             $1,034,980

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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